The Dark Unbroken

As the night is closing in Unresolved and undefined Denies the need and challenges necessity Deprivation in a chaos of words The hours break the sinews of resistance The endline blurs Where the impossible and outsized Never learn to coexist Not for meaning Not for need Not for want alone Not for want alone Not for meaning Not for need Not for want alone How can we silence what is never said How can we scream away the noise It's burning from the inside out The restless tries not to remember This useless insight that sheds more light on the pain Must remain in the unbroken dark In stages of infinite time It lies and it waits The nerve endings touch The surface of my dreams And what seems like life Stretches out eternally I took on too much The hours fled And I was left here Stranded in doubt Not for meaning Not for need Not for want alone Not for want alone Not for meaning Not for need Not for want alone How can we kill what is never given How can we scream away the night It's burning from the inside out The restless tries not to remember This useless insight that sheds more light on the pain Must remain in the unbroken dark Not for meaning Not for need Not for want alone How can we silence what is never said How can we scream away the noise It burns on the inside As I try to not remember These endless, useless insights Not for meaning Not for need Not for want alone How can we keep what is never spoken Here in the unbroken dark

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 24, 2025